Esther 4:6

6 So Hathak went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king’s gate.

Esther 4:6 in Other Translations

6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate.

6 Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king's gate,

6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the square in front of the palace gate.

6 So Hathach went to Mordecai in the town square in front of the King's Gate.

6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the King's Gate.

Esther 4:6 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 4:6

So Hatach went forth to Mordecai, unto the street of the city,
&c.] Where he was, in a public manner, expressing his grief and sorrow:

which was before the king's gate:
that led to the royal palace.

Esther 4:6 In-Context

4 When Esther’s eunuchs and female attendants came and told her about Mordecai, she was in great distress. She sent clothes for him to put on instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.

5 Then Esther summoned Hathak, one of the king’s eunuchs assigned to attend her, and ordered him to find out what was troubling Mordecai and why.

6 So Hathak went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king’s gate.

7 Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury for the destruction of the Jews.

8 He also gave him a copy of the text of the edict for their annihilation, which had been published in Susa, to show to Esther and explain it to her, and he told him to instruct her to go into the king’s presence to beg for mercy and plead with him for her people.